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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-17
Dialogue in the White House.

Daniel Lamont: 4" o Grover, beware of
the day, when the people shall meet thee in
battle array: for field of the dead rushes
red on my sight and the clans of the mug
wumps are scattered in flight. A prophet of
evil, George Curtis, the seer, hath poisoned
the hearts of thy warriors here. Your
strength has been broken and weakened
your sway-I charge thee, o Grover, be-
ware" Grover: False wizard, avaunt!
Come not unto me with legends as sad AS
the song of the sea. My plans are prepared,
my election is sure, and long shall the reign
of your master endure. My trip to the West
is scheme that will bring the people in
crowds to the shade Of my wing; and frankie
has friends by the legion and score, and
ere the election she'll have legons more. !"
Daniel: go Grover, Grover, you re
way off your base; you're now on the home
stretch, you're ending your race. What,
think you the soldiers will rise in their pride
and boost you to Office, their pensions denied?
tell you, old man, you may give up all
hope; you may get your old job as handler
of rope, and swing off poor devils from re-
gions of sin, for I'll be an angel when they
swing you in" Grover: " Go prophet of
evil, go off to thy task when / crave for
thy cOunsels thy counsels I'll ask-but who
is this comes, like a man in race, with the
foam on his lips and alarm in his face?''
Daniel: 4" He comes from Kentucky, his
tidings are sad. The state has gone back on
the democrats bad. i tell you, the ranks are
in battle array: then heed me, Grover,
beware of the day. "-Nebrdskd State Journdt
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had since found that it was nearly as bad.
- Messrs. John Perry, Henry Poole,
John Lynde, Jr., and Frank Godfrey are
engaged in building George w. Lynde's
new house. - A member of a certain
granite-working firm tells us If we get the
railroad extended to this place his firm will
move here. He also says similar firm in
another state THAT we Judge by his talk
must be valuable one to have) is only wait
ing for the completion of the road to locate
here. Such facts we hope our townsmen
will consider in the railroad matter likely
soon to come up here. 60 There are
young men and ladies constantly coming
on to the stage who long for collegiate edu-
cation but despair of it for lack OF means
We were in conversation with one of our
own worthy and bright young men only
last week on this subject. recent edito-
rial in the Congregdtiondlist assures every
such person that the lack of money need
not deter any one desiring it from obtaining
it. With what one can do in the way of
helping himself, there are provisions enough
made for aiding, so no one need lack. Some
interesting facts in the school experience of
a Williamstown boy" have just come to
our knowledge. He was person of clear
grit" who determined to avail himself of
the advantages of an academy in another
state. The " metal " of which he is made
and his high purpose did not fail of attract
ing, in time the attention of the principal
of the school, who, finding him with limited
| hiVnhoi Pi'l'uiCh bhC way iOl W ~ vi
with his education in the academy. One
day the principal, in conversation with him,
| told him " if he would sign a thousand-dol-
lar note he would provide him with money
enough to enable him to go through uni
| versity course. In astonishment the young
man replied the note would be good for
| nothing, for he neither had money nor was
| he in expectation of any" to which it was
replied, " / care nothing for that" Given,
| first of all, a good name" energy grit and
a determined purpose, with fair health, and
we would like to see the college or unver-
sity doors that cannot be made to open wide
to any boy or girl in the land. - Ex-
| Governor Smith met our railroad commits
sioners at Montpelier Tuesday. He offered
them plan and a guaranty for building
and finishing the road that we think will
commend itself to our citizens, which will
at once be laid before them by our commits
sioners. If accepted by our townsmen the
road will be begun at once and pushed for
ward to completion. - 1t is said there
was slight frost in town the last week.
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Windsor County.
Bethel.

THE Chicago sketching party, which has
been spending the last month at " Echo
farm" broke camp and started for their
western homes on Monday. They expressed
themselves as greatly pleased with the
country and the people. Mr.. Carpenter, the
manager of the party, who has taken out
many such parties, informs us that of them
all this one was the most pleasant and salts
factory to all concerned. On Saturday after
noon last they gave an exhibition of their
work at the church near the farm, and at
four and seven o'clock there were given
concerts in the church by several most ex-
cellent musicians The exhibition consisted
of nearly four hundred studies in oil, cray
ons, pencilings and photography, among
them some excellent work upon the part of
their authors, the great number of them
showing the industry of the party during
their stay among us. Although entirely
impromptu, the concerts were exceedingly
fine. We much regret that we did not take
the entire programme that we might have
given report in FULL but as we did not do
so we must content ourselves with giving
the names of the performers, which are as
follows Professor w. G.. Bryant of Staun-
ton, Va, presided at the organ, while Mrs.
Bryant, Mrs. II b. Silverthorne of New
York city and Mrs. Bassett and the Misses
Tierney of Chicago gave some exquisite
vocal music. Miss NJ. II. Leidigh of Chi
cago added much to the interest of the
event with her manipulating and singing,
while among the many fine features was the
beautiful elocuton of Miss Grace Rider of
Brooklyn, n. Y, who in most finished
manner gave us " The Dandy Fifth" and
upon her recall gave us, in an equally fine
manner, MRS. Maloney Upon the Heather
Chinese" Taken all in all, this entertain
ment was one of the finest ones that it has
been our good fortune to attend in long
time. AS we have before stated, the party
from Chicago were not only greatly pleased
with the people and country here but con-
trived, by their gentlemanly and lady-like
manners, to win the warmest regards and
esteem of every one who became acquainted
with them, and they express themselves as
particularly delighted with their quarters
at the Echo farm and the treatment
which they received from their host and
hostess, Mr.. and Mrs. Noble. - Serv-
ices were held at the old church four miles
north of this village at five o'clock Sun
day afternoon, j. B. Putnam reading the
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Orange County.
Brookfeld.

THERE is considerable hay to be cut in
town yet. - The school in distrist No. II
is to begin Monday, August 22d, Lula Allen
teacher. - Brooktield cornet band &C
cepted an invitation from Braintree band to
play at picnic at that place last Saturday.
All report good time. - ride to Ber-
lin pond was enjoyed by the young people
last Saturday. Minnie Marshall ar
rived home from Burlington last Sunday,
where she has been taking care of her
mother, who has had successful surgical
operation performed. - Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Grant are boarding at Mrs. Alma
Newell's at present. 80 Annie Temple
ton has returned from three weeks visit
at East Montpelier, - Mrs. Gertie Jack
son is visiting her father, D. q. Bickford, in
Barre. - Sanford Banister was seriously
i'll last week, but at this writing is improv-
ing. - Phlander Hyde has started his
meat-cart and is to make two trips week
- w. f. Reed and f. n. Fullam started
their neutrality-suspicious. last week. -
Miss Sarah Richardson was married last
Thursday to a Mr.. Huntington of Barre and
has gone there to reside
Chelsea.
PERLEY c. WILLS, who had been for some
years the oldest person living who was born
in this town, died on Thursday last. His
father was one of four brothers who made
settlement in the west part of the town in
1884, the same year in which the first pitch
of this notice was born here in 1898, and
had lived for sixty-three years on the farm
where he died. His wife died about a year
ago, after married life of nearly siXty-two
years The funeral services were held at
the church on the West Hill on Saturday
afternoon, Rev. Mr.. Sherburn officiating.
A large number of Masons We're present
and the customary ritual of the order was
observed. - Another aged citizen, who
had resided here, however, but few years,
passed away in the death of William Peters
on Sunday morning. The funeral services
were held Monday afternoon, and the body
was taken to Massachusetts for interment.
- A very successful campfire was held
under the auspices of the Sons of Veterans
on the evening of the 4th instant, it being
| the first anniversary of the muster of the
camp. 60 Miss Daisy Hoyt of Boston,
visiting at j. A. II. Corwin's, gave public
reading at the hotel hall on the evening
of the 10th instant The entertainment
was well attended and highly enjoyed.
= Rev j. Gardner Hale, native
of this town and well known to old resi-
dents, preached at the Congregational
church on the 9TH instant Mr.. Hale has
been in the work of the ministry for many
years. and is now serving as principal of an
| academy which is being started under dis
tinctvely religious auspices at Lugonia,
California, a few miles from the city of San
Bernardino. 60 Carl G.. Collins, for some
time the faithful and efficient teller in our
local bank, has accepted a similar position
in the bank at White River junction, and
will begin his work there the first of next
month.
Corinth.
The farmers are busy with their haying
and will cut large amount of poor hay. 1t il
now coarse and very ripe. The first growth
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-17
LamOille County.
HYDE Park.

SEVERAL mild cases of diphtheria are pre-
vailng in the village. - There was a
large attendance at camp-meeting last Sun
day and it has been good on week days.
- w. G. Maxfield has a smart cat that
sits on the ridge of his store-a three-story
bulding-and catches the chimney swal-
lows as they fly around. - George w.
Brown lost one of the best horses in his
livery last Monday. - Supreme court
met here last Tuesday, the 10th instant. A
short session is expected.
THE Moscow boys are organizing brass
band. Several instruments have already
been procured. - There will be no serv-
ice at the Methodist church on Sunday
next, the pastor and people attending camp
meeting. - For many seasons there has
not been as much mountain travel as this.
The weather being clear and cloudless,
many fine views are had. - The drouth
still prevails. We have not had rain enough
for the last two months to even wet the sur
face of the ground. While hard showers in
the towns around us have greatly improved
the crops, ours are drying up Tor the want of
rain. 1t is thought that the potato crop
will be an entire failure. - Horace Har-
ris died last Saturday night, aged eighty
three years He retired as usual and was
found dead in bed on Sunday morning.
The immediate cause is not known. Funeral
services were held at the house on Monday
afternoon, Rev. Mr.. Douglass officiating.
- The butter exhibit at Miles &
McMahon's store takes place on Saturday
of this week. John b. Clarke, editor of the
Mirror and Farmer, offers $500 in prizes,
the highest being 500 and the lowest 81 90.
A disnterested butter expert will be here
to award the premiums This gives a chance
to the farmers to show their best make.
- William G. VanAulen of New York,
a guest of the Mount Mansfield House, died
on Thursday afternoon. He was sick only
a week. He was first taken with apopleXy
in a slight form, which continued to increase
until he died, dysentery in the meantime
setting in. He was about seventy years of
age and had been here several summers
previous. His remains We're taken to New
York for burial. - Mr.. John Burnell
has moved into Mr.. Pequin's house for the
fall and winter. - Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Boardman of Concord, n H., are stopping
with friends in town.
Wolcott.
Mrs. J. HUTCHINs and daughter OF
Philadelphia are the guests of II. B. Bundy
and wife. - Mrs. Angie Jones and Carl,
who have been to Illinois for a number OF
months arrived home last Friday night
- John Ferrin had a good work-horse
die last week. - George Baker has
bought out Bert Smiths grocery business
and is now running the same. - Marvin
II. Wheeler has received a pension of 81 a
month and 500 arrears.
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Caledonia County.


A GRAND ice-cream festival and lawn party
was held at the town hall Wednesday even
ing, August 10th, under the auspices of the
Grand Army Post and Sons of Veterans,
closing with band promenade and musical
entertainment. The attendance was good,
and all attending report pleasant time.
The proceeds are to be devoted to aid in
furnishing the Soldiers Home at Ben
nington. - We understand that Pro-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-17

The farmers are busy with their haying
and will cut large amount of poor hay. 1t is
now coarse and very ripe. The first growth
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-17

Is pure, sweet breath. This desideratum
is one of the results of using SOIODONT,
the teeth, but renders the mouth as fragrant
as rose.
"SPALDING's GLUE" handy about the
house, mends everything.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-17

:" My love, what magic spell Is thrown
Upon your face? Its charm ! own.
Whence came thy pure and pearly teeth
Thy rosy lips? Thy perfumed BREATH
She said in accents sweet and clear,
" It's only SOZODONT, my dear"
Connecticut western news., 1887-06-08
CANAAN, CONN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1887.

seau, which she only accepted at my request. She is quite my equal, socially, in spite of taking nurses position rather than be idle. Her blue blood makes no difference, you may as we'll understand. l marry her and not her family, and, as she consents, would make her my wife, if she were, the daughter of street sweeret
 Of course, all I could do was to con gratulate him and say no more. But told my wife about it when l got home.
 "John," she remarked, ''never do you say that woman can't keep secret. What do you suppose allthis sewing and fixing has been fora" 2.
 They were married, and theysh shave been in Europe for thelast year.
 My wife was right about some good coming to Marmaduke, though it did not take the shape of legacy. On his wedding day Exton handed mea paper.
 'Mr. Judkins," hc said, II have robbed your boy of his nurse and he has helped me to wife; so I owe him some reparation. have invested twenty five hundred dollars, to be paid him when he comes of age, along with it's accumu- lated interest. and this makes you trus- tee. It is not much; but it will help, with what you may add to it, to give the young man sta1t." ."-[ New York Mer- curV. s.5
Connecticut western news., 1887-06-08
Advice 10 Old Men.

Tn the matter of advice, old men havo been neglected. Young men, girls, married women and boys have all rs- ceivcd the philanthropic attention of newspaper writers, but it seems that no one has the time to drop a few useful hints to the man who has done so much for the world. The following sugges- tions are freely given:
 Old men should bo careful of their health. They should not go to tho theatre in damp weather without shirt It is also advisable to wear something oa the feet.
 Old men. will find it to their interest not to remain on railroad track until after train has passed. Well-read phy- sicians now generally agree that heavy trains, especially late at night, are harl to digest
 O,d men, especially in cold climate. should not go in swimming until after the first of January, nor recline on ice in the evening.
 An old man should marry very young woman. It teaches him that there ia nothing in life after all. and rcconcilcs him to death.
 By observing these and othcr rules some old men have attained great age. = [Arkansaw Traveller.
Connecticut western news., 1887-06-08
A West Indian Home.

Two hours driving brought us to tho entrance of plantation of unusual size and consequence. All it's appointments were on the largest scale. A long ave- nue of royal palms conducted from tho road to the manor house, if I may so call it, and wo found that long, low residence hidden in towering vines, and at tho centre of beautiful maze of tropical vegetation. The front veranda, which seemed to close the avenue, as ono approached, was quite covered with Q superb bougainvillia vine, the colored lr.cts of whose flowers formed com plete veil of imperial purple, wonderful to see. Poinsiana trees aglow with splendid blossoms, poinscttias all afamc, Taflac dracaenas rising in grace full plumcs, the scarlet hibiscus and blooming cactuscs were on every side. Occasional spaces opening to tho skies afforded room for parterrcs, and at such spots were seen roses in profusion and variety, as we'll as other delicate flowers. The yellow jessamine and the Cape jes- samine were conspicuous. I noticed over the archway of a wall, fcshy orchid, though not in blossoms, which afterward learned was the vanilla. Above all this tangle of grace and beauty and fragrance arose an occasional arcca palm, travellers palm or a gigantic cuba. -
 American Magazine. -.
Connecticut western news., 1887-06-08
Caterers to Cats.

Robert P. Porter says: There arc in London at least 5000 men and women who earn very comfortable livings as ca terers to cats. This trade, while it cx- tends somewhat into the West End, does not flourish in tho wealthy neighbor- hoods, where the cats are often fed with dainty scraps from the table. In the East End, with it's 9, ,OOO, 900 of human beings closely packed in singlo rooms in narrow streets, there arc no spare scraps from the table. ''We are obliged to eat close" said Bethnal green woman to me. "Our cats get no daintics. Tho old man or the young 'uns get the last dainties and oftentimcs tho last bones. l" A vast majority, therefore, of the half million or more of London cats have to live on boiled horscfesh, and tho ''cats'- meat man" is the purvcyor of this meat for the poorer, middle and lowcr-class cats of the metropolis.
 An able bodied cat can live comforta ply on half pound of cats meat per day. The cost of this meat at cats'- meat shop is penny per pound. If the entire army of cats were supplied with a full half pound of meat it would take about s33 horses per day to keep them supplied, as the average product of meat of dead horse, am told, is about 300 T III | of defunct horses than this is made to go round, owing to the skill of the cats'- meat man.
Connecticut western news., 1887-06-08
A Boon for the Blind,

A remarkable instrument, which will prove a vcritable boon for tho blind. has just been invented hero, writes Paris corrcsp md mt, by M. Pcphau, who di- rccts the school and hospital for persons deprived of their sight. The boon is no other than a small press which will ena- b!c blind people not only to print tho raised characters which they arc able to read with their fingers, but also the or dinary characters on the same sheet of paper. A system of writing for the blind people has, of course, already been in- vented by Braille, but it only permitted them to communicate with each other, whereas the new mechanism enables them to form letters which can be read by every body. Henceforwarl, there fore, blind persons will be able to com municate by letter with thelr friends, without being obliged to have recourse to the assistance of others. The in- vcntor has been ably assisted in the con. struction of his instrument by M. St. Gorgon, a professor in the School of Art and Commerce of Aix. It is estimated that the minimum cost of each press will be thirty francs.
Connecticut western news., 1887-06-08
Misdirected Energy.

Tom Cooke, the comical fiddler of happy memory, is said by Dr. Spark to have related the following story to Sir Henry Bishop: A son of the Emerald isle was obtained to blow an organ in Q certain city. Being thoroughly unac- quainted with the business, he never having seen an organ brake before, it was doubtless tho guiding star of his destiny that led him to tho spot, for
 "There's divinity which shaps our ends, Rough hew them how we will"
 The time having arrived to '1et the pealing organ blow," the signal was given, but there was no wind. It was repeated twice and even thrice, but still no wind. Tho delay was becoming awkward, the congregation was getting uneasy-what was to be done! "Blow !! blow!! blow!!" issued simultaneously from half dozen different mouths, but not the slightest zephyr stirred within the chest. The organist hastened to tie blowers sanctum, when To, how sublime tho spectacle that presented itself to his astonished vision! Clinging with heels and hands to the wooden handle of the bellows, there hung tho full~grown pro- tege, his eyes starting from their sock cts, and his cheeks distended and crim- son with efforts to force his breath into the end of that long wooden handle!-
 Musical Record.
Connecticut western news., 1887-06-08
Coins i'm fho Month

The Boston Herald says on the subject of ladies and others using the mouth to hold coins: "It is quite common among women, who, under such circum- stances, never seem to have quito hands enough, and so they press their mouths into service to do what is not only a vus- gar thing, lut absolutely filthy. The nickel which is taken from the purse may have recently left hand unwashed since it fondled child dying with diph. theria or other infectious dscas,. Or it may have come from the hand of a man suffering from the most loathsome of disorders. None will doubt but the habit in question is thoughtlcssly in- dulged, but if you have it, break your self of it, and never again be guilty of such atrocity0
Connecticut western news., 1887-06-08
Neglecting Disease.

One reason why cases terminate fatally that at first were not believed to be serious is because patients and physicians neglect disease in its first and faint at tack. They wait until the enemy is well into tho citadel, and then they find it very difficult to dislodge him. When n strong man-a man not prone to coddlc himself and weakly yield to every littlc pain or ailment; man of nervo and moral courage-takcs to his bed and complains of being ill, it is almost ccr- tain that something serious is impend- ing. It is tho height of folly for tho friends of the patient to treat his illness as a matter of small importancc; for they know not what may be developed if neglect is evinccd. Nor should they be content with that very familiar and ccr- tainly most profound diagnosis from tho medicine man that the patient is bilious. or nervous, or littlo run down diag- nosis that hides vast amount of pro- fessional ignorance or is advanced as an excuse for a vast amount of professional apathy or indolcnce. A man who has family to support-a man of self respect, energy and generally good physical con dition-does not yield to sickness until he feels that it is going to get the best of him; and then is the time for prompt, thorough and competent medical skill and experience to be summoned to his aid
Connecticut western news., 1887-06-08
A Tiger.Tamer's Peril.

A tiger-tamcr performing in Vienna very near lost his lifo the other day through the negligence of h1s servant. He is attached to large menagerie in the Pratr, and in the same cage as the tiger he has tanned there is another one that is particularly savage. A partition is slipped into the cage when he per- forms, and the tame tiger is let into the compartment with him. On this occa- sion his attendant let in the wrong one, which immediately sprang on the tanner. He got out of its way, and dealt it Q blow on the head with a heavy whip ho had with him. His attendant then kept the animal at bay with an iron bar, and finally succeeded in driving it back to the other compartment.